189. Agent’s authority in an emergency. An agent has authority, in an emergency, to do all such acts for the purpose of protecting his principal from loss and would be done by a person or ordinary prudence, in his own case, under similar circumstances. Illustrations- (a) An agent for saleKEEP READING

185. Consideration not necessary. No consideration is necessary to create an agency. Law Note: Contract of Agency – Characteristics, Formation and Termination Read Contract Act in a systematic way. Download beautiful, mobile-friendly Contract Act PDF.KEEP READING

184. Who may be an agent. As between the principal and third persons, any person may become an agent, but no person who is not of the age of majority and sound mind can become an agent, so as to be responsible to the principal according to the provisions inKEEP READING

183. Who may employ agent. Any person who is of the age of majority according to the law to which he is subject, and who is of sound mind, may employ an agent. Law Note: Contract of Agency – Characteristics, Formation and Termination Read Contract Act in a systematic way.KEEP READING

11. Rejection of plaint. The plaint shall be rejected in the following cases- (a) where it does not disclose a cause of action; (b) where the relief claimed is undervalued, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to correct the valuation within a time to be fixed byKEEP READING

10. What agreements are contracts? All agreements are contracts if they are made by the free consent of parties competent to contract, for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object, and are not hereby expressly declared to be void. Nothing herein contained shall affect any law in force inKEEP READING

25. Agreement without consideration, void, unless it is in writing and registered or is a promise to compensate for something done or is a promise to pay a debt barred by limitation law. An agreement made without consideration is void, unless- (1) It is expressed in writing and registered under theKEEP READING

3. Procedure in case of death of one of several plaintiffs or of sole plaintiff. (1) Where one of two or more plaintiffs dies and the right to sue does not survive to the surviving plaintiff or plaintiffs alone, or a sole plaintiff or sole surviving plaintiff dies and theKEEP READING

20. Substituted service. (1) Where the Court is satisfied that there is reason to believe that the defendant is keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding service, or that for any other reason the summons cannot be served in the ordinary way, the Court shall order theKEEP READING

27. Production of Additional Evidence in Appellate Court. (1) The parties to an appeal shall not be entitled to produce additional evidence, whether oral or documentary, in the Appellate Court, But if- (a) the Court from whose decree the appeal is preferred has refused to admit evidence which ought toKEEP READING

7. Procedure where defendant appears on day of adjourned hearing and assigns good cause for previous non-appearance. Where the Court has adjourned the hearing of the suit ex-parte and the defendant, at or before such hearing, appears and assigns good cause for his previous non-appearance, he may, upon such termsKEEP READING

6. Judgment on admissions. (1) Where admissions of fact have been made either in the pleading or otherwise, whether orally or in writing, the Court may at any stage of the suit, either on the application of any party or of its own motion and without waiting for the determinationKEEP READING

9. Decree against plaintiff by default bars fresh suit. (1) Where a suit is wholly or partly dismissed under rule 8, the plaintiff shall be precluded from bringing a fresh suit in respect of the same cause of action. But he may apply for an order to set the dismissalKEEP READING

August 2021 Law News for Students and Advocates

1. There must be a display board at every police station informing about the right to legal aid services, said Justice UU Lalit, Supreme Court of India, while delivering a speech at an event organised by Haryana Legal Services Authority inaugurating a year long campaign- “Quality of Legal Services is Key to Access to Justice for All.”

This step shall ensure the implementation of the provision that no accused shall remain unrepresented due to any reason, especially povertyKEEP READING